Time is railway Photo

Photographer’s Note

As you may know speed and time are closely related to each other, and with this photo, I'd like to show that speed and time are also related to railway.
The different regions of France had different time references around the country until the second half of the 19th century. It is with the development of railway lines, offering the possibility to travel across the country at speeds never seen before that the clocks around France had to be synchronized. Officially, it is on march 15, 1891 that the time of Paris became the time of reference for all the railway stations of the country.
That clock, at the Gare de Lyon (opened in 1849) at Paris seem to impose that official time to everyone, and especially to those famous high speed trains that are today fast enough to compete with airlines between the main cities of France.

This is the first of a series of three images I will post about speed (and railway).

jcdurka1, hispic, Hormon_Manyer has marked this note useful

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smarcell (14279) 2007-10-22 6:35

You had a great idea fot ths picture. The blurred persons give perfectly the ide of movement of a bog railwais station. The clock is another important ingredient. A super-composition !

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jcdurka1 (1940) 2007-10-22 8:34

Les effets de mouvements de passagers sont vraiment sympa. La compo qui inclue l'horloge est bien faite. J'aurai peut être suprimé le toit, qui n'apporte pas grand chose et qui attire le regard par sa couleur claire.
A+, Jean-Claude

calou (273) 2007-10-22 13:18

La composition est très belle, le temps de pose donne du mouvement à ta photo.
Belle photo
Pascal

Chaps (2131) 2007-10-22 13:51

Salut Pascal,
J'aime bien cette image qui d'un endroit banal nous donne une image sympa et originale avec du mouvement et de belles couleurs. Bravo et bonne soirée
Pascal

hispic (7399) 2007-10-23 3:45

Intriguing composition to feel atmosphere of station, blurred people and the clock at attract-attention position on the concourse.
It might be more wonderful to make the trains sharp a little more.
Still definitely a successful shot.
Regards,
Hisashi

papy64 (0) 2007-10-23 10:04

Belle photo d'ambiance.
Les personnages en mouvement, l'horloge, les perspectives... tout incite à s'atarder sur cette image. Très bien fait.
François

Hormon_Manyer (354) 2007-10-31 13:42

Bonsoir Pascal,
Very interesting POV, I like it very much. Great shot. really showing the neverending rush of people on the station. I've never ever seen 7 TGV's within one image... :) Tfs, congrats. Best regards, László

denisot (57) 2008-02-06 9:30

Nice pic. I like it for the busy life it depicts. I also like the positive feeling I find in it, where everything 'looks ahead': trains are pointing outwards and are ready to go to other places, and people are preparing to jump on board and take the ride.

I don't really feel this speed and time relation your propose, probably because the clock is small in the frame.

I like the tones of the picture: light and softness.

Cheers.
denisot